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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th May 2009, 10:14
Replies: 18
Views: 1,803
Posted By Green Meat

I got my copy from the visitors centre at...

I got my copy from the visitors centre at Metheringham airfield, Lincs. Seemed right to support a small but good museum on a former FIDO Lanc airfield!

GM
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2007, 15:20
Replies: 354
Views: 72,679
Posted By Green Meat

Double Zero - The Final Countdown indeed! Superb...

Double Zero - The Final Countdown indeed! Superb Navy sequences before the toning down job.
The Bridges at Toko Ri - same but earlier!
Strategic Air Command - just to see Jimmy Stewart back in a...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2007, 00:01
Replies: 48
Views: 12,861
Posted By Green Meat

You just wait until the beeb gets a hold of the...

You just wait until the beeb gets a hold of the story about a USAF launch officer missing a rated countdown drill on Thor, so (allegedly) the RAF LCO simply used a screwdriver in lieu of the American...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2007, 14:29
Replies: 383
Views: 118,625
Posted By Green Meat

Given that the Army are now in charge of our...

Given that the Army are now in charge of our ground-based AD assets, coupled with their reluctance to do anything that isn't hot and sandy or hot and rocky based, I've taken a leaf out of ACW's book....
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Sep 2007, 20:18
Replies: 383
Views: 118,625
Posted By Green Meat

Well, it's only fair I suppose. Ronny Reagan...

Well, it's only fair I suppose. Ronny Reagan went to a great deal of effort bankrupting the Soviet Union in weapons races during the Cold War, only fair that the other side want their turn :ok:
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Aug 2007, 16:32
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,200,448
Posted By Green Meat

I was watching the old "Hole in the Ground" film...

I was watching the old "Hole in the Ground" film (for reasons we won't go into, but suffice to say it wasn't prompted by the resurgent North Sea Bear population :ok:) where after a limited strike,...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2007, 19:05
Replies: 3,092
Views: 211,633
Posted By Green Meat

It does seem that people are reluctant to give...

It does seem that people are reluctant to give this young lad some information other than that which will be contained in his remedial English pack if he gets through OASC!

QM - I've been asked to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Mar 2007, 22:34
Replies: 29
Views: 4,837
Posted By Green Meat

Bit the bullet and went to see it for myself...

Bit the bullet and went to see it for myself today!

Mixed reaction, superb display, some exhibits are much more visible especially those that are 'down below'. I must admit, however, that...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2007, 14:20
Replies: 7
Views: 2,981
Posted By Green Meat

This really should come as no surprise to anyone....

This really should come as no surprise to anyone. There are quite clear indicators available in the open press that Comrade P is making moves to restore the old empire...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2007, 23:13
Replies: 172
Views: 72,850
Posted By Green Meat

Yes, PJ, I thought my faculties had not deserted...

Yes, PJ, I thought my faculties had not deserted me.

IIRC, the runway at WV was extended for Meteor operations whilst T.7s and F.4s were based there prior to their move over the water, some time...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2007, 20:54
Replies: 172
Views: 72,850
Posted By Green Meat

Topbunker Woodvale? Are you perchance...

Topbunker

Woodvale? Are you perchance having us on? T'would be a brave soul who brings in or takes out a loaded Vulcan, surely?

Besides, the locals would only complain about the noise of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2007, 21:16
Replies: 64
Views: 15,722
Posted By Green Meat

Phoenix That remark just goes to show that...

Phoenix

That remark just goes to show that where there's a will, there's a pillock.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2007, 09:23
Replies: 9
Views: 1,976
Posted By Green Meat

That's a very shortsighted comment, Ratty. One...

That's a very shortsighted comment, Ratty. One may think of this in the context of the wider picture that may, in fact, become an air power issue in the future...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2007, 18:33
Replies: 44
Views: 8,794
Posted By Green Meat

West Kirby is now just asphalt, concrete and...

West Kirby is now just asphalt, concrete and grass...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2007, 15:34
Replies: 17
Views: 2,342
Posted By Green Meat

Wasn't it the Air Ministry's keenness on research...

Wasn't it the Air Ministry's keenness on research into Direct Energy Weapons in the 1930s that led to the development of RADAR?

"I say, Carruthers, I saw a smashing wheeze in a magazine the other...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2007, 15:30
Replies: 11
Views: 3,392
Posted By Green Meat

You're all wrong, it's airtesting the latest crew...

You're all wrong, it's airtesting the latest crew ergonomic (comfort!) addition to the MRA4 design (designed?), the UAC module.

Wondering what this secret-ish project is? Why the Underslung...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jan 2007, 20:42
Replies: 29
Views: 4,837
Posted By Green Meat

I'd better get mine too, my Airfix Zeroes went...

I'd better get mine too, my Airfix Zeroes went down in real flames :}
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2007, 15:57
Replies: 29
Views: 4,837
Posted By Green Meat

Windy Yes, and in modern times I understand the...

Windy
Yes, and in modern times I understand the necessity for museums to pull funding for wherever possible especially since the abolition of entry fees for publicly-funded museums.
I'm trying not...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2007, 12:24
Replies: 29
Views: 4,837
Posted By Green Meat

I am just hoping that it will be better than the...

I am just hoping that it will be better than the appalling IWM North.

This current trend towards contextualisation in museums is all very well (and, after all, Caernarfon Air World has been doing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2007, 08:23
Replies: 4
Views: 1,387
Posted By Green Meat

Malcolm Thanks for that, would the primer in...

Malcolm

Thanks for that, would the primer in the gun bay have been given a top coat of something? All contemporary pics show black or very dark around the cannon breech and feeds, but I guess...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jan 2007, 18:02
Replies: 4
Views: 1,387
Posted By Green Meat

Superb! Many thanks

Superb! Many thanks
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2007, 17:56
Replies: 2
Views: 730
Posted By Green Meat

...and nothing to do with the Knesset's...

...and nothing to do with the Knesset's displeasure at the reported large sale of Israeli shares just before the operation commenced when he was chief of the (c)heyl ha'avir...

Integrity? In our...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2007, 08:40
Replies: 64
Views: 15,722
Posted By Green Meat

Whirly Just to pick you up on that earlier...

Whirly

Just to pick you up on that earlier point it IS now a criminal offence for a teacher/lecturer to have a relationship with a student under the age of 18, it is seriously frowned upon at...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2007, 19:09
Replies: 158
Views: 21,178
Posted By Green Meat

Well said guys. As someone who runs several...

Well said guys. As someone who runs several sites, I am wholeheartedly in agreement that if you pay the bill, you get to decide what goes on there!

Sod e-goat, I'm staying here!

(and one day...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2007, 19:00
Replies: 4
Views: 1,387
Posted By Green Meat

Meteor Hispano cannon

Right, donning the anorak for this one!

For any armourers out there, I need to know the colour of the ammunition feed guides and link chutes on the Meteor (pref. the F.8). Contemporary...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2006, 10:55
Replies: 28
Views: 4,254
Posted By Green Meat

Oh I don't know, I enjoyed every penny of the...

Oh I don't know, I enjoyed every penny of the extra graduate pay during IOT :}
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Nov 2006, 16:02
Replies: 8
Views: 2,002
Posted By Green Meat

Did he study the LRDG at Sandbags, do you think?

Did he study the LRDG at Sandbags, do you think?
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2006, 14:12
Replies: 30
Views: 6,963
Posted By Green Meat

Can it still be called an air 'Force' now that it...

Can it still be called an air 'Force' now that it more resembles an airline? IIRC I have a pic somewhere of a Vulcan of the RNZAF - or at least so it appears to the bemused chief after a...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2006, 11:05
Replies: 16
Views: 3,645
Posted By Green Meat

It also doesn't work very well in work :{

It also doesn't work very well in work :{
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2006, 08:17
Replies: 16
Views: 3,645
Posted By Green Meat

Think about it chaps, do you really want JPA...

Think about it chaps, do you really want JPA access from outside the restricted network? Think of all the luddites with virus-riddled, spyware-infested, zombie machines who may then have access....
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Sep 2006, 15:01
Replies: 15
Views: 3,541
Posted By Green Meat

Oh come come, even other Radio 4 shows poke fun...

Oh come come, even other Radio 4 shows poke fun at You and Yours! This really does represent a Z-list attempt for whingin' Tim...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2006, 15:52
Replies: 4
Views: 1,191
Posted By Green Meat

Is that 'cos most of the Republican party act...

Is that 'cos most of the Republican party act like they've already been subjected to non-lethal weapons? I suspect one or two of them may use them at home :E
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2006, 15:14
Replies: 61
Views: 8,064
Posted By Green Meat

Going back to wierd and wonderful station names,...

Going back to wierd and wonderful station names, Weston Zoyland has to one of my favourites...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Sep 2006, 17:43
Replies: 24
Views: 6,683
Posted By Green Meat

Brickhistory, indeed, but I bet the aggressor...

Brickhistory, indeed, but I bet the aggressor learning curve didn't include white ones on the rails!

Every time I see a new pic, it really does look like a rummage through Airfix's parts bin :ok:...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Sep 2006, 11:01
Replies: 24
Views: 6,683
Posted By Green Meat

Hmm, does look pretty much like an F20 with an...

Hmm, does look pretty much like an F20 with an extra fin!

Remember, though, F5s repeatedly kicked the backsides of USN fighter jockies a la Top Gun, USAF Aggressor squadrons et cetera - wonder...
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